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ee “STAR” which signaled “the

First Christmas” may be inter-
preted in many ways. In all such
interpretations we must put our-
selves as nearly as possible into the
social and psychological frame of
mind of those whom we try to un-
derstand. The astronomer knows
that through the ages the word
“star” has been used to indicate
almost any celestial phenomenon.
We still speak of “falling stars”
or “shooting stars’ which we know
quite well are not stars at all. In
more ancient times the comet was
called a “hairy star” and was de-
rived from the Latin word coma,
meaning hair. The planets were the
“wandering stars” as opposed to the
“fixed stars’, and from the Greek
word for wanderer we derive our
word “‘planets.’’

The Star of Bethlehem could have
been any of ‘these It could even
have been a ‘new’ star” or nova
which suddenly burst forth with a
many-thousand-fold incréase in bril-
fiance, due to some great stellar
catastrophe. These are all explana-
tions of what the “star” could have
been. Had it been any of the above.
it would have been seen by many
peoples, and in literature would have
been found references to the appear-
ance of the object which attracted

attention. But nowhere in the litera- °

ture or in the folklore of any of the
Peoples noted as astute observers of
celestial phenomena do these refer-
ences exist, =

From this we are forced to con-
clude the appearance of the star was
a sight given only to the Wise Men
to see.“

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Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and

to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what
the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world: to put
your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle dis-
tance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the
foreground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are,
and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy; to
own that probably the only good reason for your existence is not
what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give

against the of

to life; to close your book on

the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a
few seeds of happiness—are you willing to do these things even for
a day? Then you can keep Christmas.

By Shuriey Sargem
@TEVF ROLLED from the bed
“ where Marge slept and started
toward the living room The glow ot
Christmas tree lights betrayed the
‘ildren. Young Stevie—there was
2 boy for you—had on hand in his
stocking. Julie was whispering,
on, see ~ hat’s in it." Only ris, the
tall, older one, was quite stil]
Paris turned just as Steve said
Merry Christmas,” sarcastically,
Young Stevie. with the engaging
grin, whipped around, “Hi, daddy.
Can we open our presents? [t's al.
most daylight.”

“Daylight, my foot—it's barely
iwo.”"

But Santa Claus ‘has already
been here."”

the tree, dad, I don't
see anything long and sort of
curved.”

That Paris, an odd one. An eleven-
year-old kid wanting a trombone. It
beat Steve. “I don’t either,” he
meeting his son’s eyes.
“Look, you're too old to believe in
Santa Claus, and too young to real-
ize how expensive a trombone is.”

Paris looked down at the mounds
of gaily wrapped packages. “Okay,
he said in a flat, old-sounding voice.
“so I get a couple of new shirts and
Stevie gets Gi

“Stevie gets what?”

Paris ground his bare foot into the
rug. ‘Nothin’. I was just talking,”’
Good night, son,” Steve watched
Paris out of the room before he un-
olugged the tree lights and sank into
a worn armchair.

Paris was right. Stevie had every.
thing he’d asked for piled under the
tree. Even an electric train. Cost a
lot to keep a kid happy these days,
but a trombone . .

Lay this Chri

ctmas bring to you
in rich abundance all the good
gs in life—and may they remain

with you throughout the New Year.

Da :
Huston” Agencies
Claude Huston and Kenny Huston

only so much working in a laundry,
trying to save enough to buy a half
interest, so Marge went ahead and
sought a Trombone without a by-
your-leave. -

Paris, a funhy kid. Never listening
to the football games like Julie and
even Stevie did. Always wandering
ff for hikes and bringing homes}

“Look, you’re too old to be
lieve in Santa Claus.”

strange, ragamuffin kids. Happy
when he could tinker with all radios,
happier yet when he could listen to
highbrow music, That stuff. Steve
didn’t understand him ond that was

Paris put the trombone down when
Steve touched his shoulder,

“You love to play, don't you?
Steve asked.

A smile the like of which Steve
had never seen before crossed his
son’s face. Then, shyly, “Mr. Bax-
ter wants me to play in the school
band.

It was hard to keep his pride from
showing, but Steve only said, heart-
ily, “That's fine, Paris,” ' before
sending him back to bed.

Steve went downstairs, searching
under the tree until he found young
Stevie's electric train. The box was
heavy in his hands as he considered,
Toys didn’t matter too much to
Stevie—he liked active things, in
which a father could share.

When Steve came back in from the
car, he felt like Santa Claus as he
Put the shiny leather case that was
long and sort of curved under the
tree. A trombone for Paris,

First Christmas Card
Was Created in 1842

was created in 1942 in London bya
young etcher named William Egley,
Original of this first card is now on
display in the British museum.

In the United States, Louis Prang
published the first Christmas cards,
During the 1870's and 80's Pang pro-
duced thousands of beautiful cards
and has become known as the
grandfather of the business,

You Can Make a Big
Christmas Candle

You can make a big, iong-burning
candle to fit into your Christmas
decorations if you have a number of
odds and ends of partly burned
candles around the house.-Melt them
and pour into cardboard containers
and remold. Use ice cream cartons,
oat mea] containers or others. Use
plain cord for a wick. When the wax
is beginning to set, tie the wick to
@ pencil and suspend it in the wax.
Let set hard, remove carton and
there is a nice candle for your
table -

Christmas Game

Snapdragon was a favorite Christ-
mas game in England more than 200
years ago, it is still played in modi-
fied form in England and America.

The original game called for a
quantity of raisins to be deposited
in @ large bowl or dish. Brandy or
some other spirit was poured over
the fruit and ignited. The bystanders
then endeavored to grasp a uisin,
by plunging their hands throuch the
flames. A carol, called ‘‘The Song
of Snapdragon,"" accompanied the
game.

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